Jordan - Ethnic groups

Photo by: Alena Yakusheva

Ethnically, the Jordanians represent a mixed stock. Most of the
population is Arab (approximately 98% in 2002), but, except for the
Bedouin nomads and seminomads of the desert and steppe areas, this
element is overlain by the numerous peoples that have been present in
Jordan for millennia, including Greek, Egyptian, Persian, European, and
Negroid strains. The Palestinian Arabs now resident in Jordan tend to be
sedentary and urban. Perhaps 1% of the population is Armenian, and
another 1% is Circassian. There are also small Kurd, Druze, and Chechen
minorities.